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Kate Bowen is a writer and producer working in theatre and television, based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Her first play Close Quarters was produced by Stockroom (previously Out of Joint) and Sheffield Theatres in 2018, directed by Kate Wasserberg, and was named by the Observer as one of their top ten theatre productions of the year. It was staged by RADA in London in 2019 directed by Zoe Ford-Burnett, and LAMDA, London in 2023 directed by Emily Aboud. Her next play Disfunction was commissioned by Jemima Levick for Glasgow’s Play, Pie and A Pint and co-produced by the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in 2023, directed by Lu Kemp. Her short plays have been performed at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; Play, Pie and a Pint in Glasgow and on STV.
Her screen work includes being part of the first BBC Writersroom Scottish Voices Drama Writer’s group, and working with Tod Productions and STV to develop a sixty minute drama pilot, Storm Warning, for the BBC. She is a BAFTA Connect member.
She is also a workshop leader and has taught at the Federation of Scottish Theatre, RCS in Glasgow and LAMDA in London.
Awards and residencies include a six week attachment to The New Work Department of the National Theatre, London (2022); a Starter for Ten residency at the National Theatre of Scotland (2017); a place on the Channel 4 Playwrights’ Scheme (2016) and the annual Playwrights’ Studio Scotland New Writer's Award (2012) .
Kate has also been a producer for some of the most exciting UK and international theatre, dance and outdoor art companies and artists including Artichoke, Ailie Cohen, Abigail Conway, Angus Farquhar, Barrowland Ballet, Theatre Babel/Graham McLaren, Fire Exit/David Leddy, Dancing Brick, Dance Umbrella, Fish and Game, Lewis Hetherington, Lucy Hayhoe, Made in China, Metis, Necessary Angel, Purni Morrell and Unlimited Theatre.